Chinese symbol for “basics”

基本面

jī běn miàn

basics; essentials; fundamentals; (finance) fundamentals

The closest CC-CEDICT match for basics is 基本面 (jī běn miàn), defined as: basics; essentials; fundamentals; (finance) fundamentals.

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Characters and stroke order

基 jī

foundation, base

radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes

本 běn

root, origin, source; basis

radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

面 miàn

face; surface, side; plane, dimension

radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 基本面.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
基础 (基礎)	jī chǔ	base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
基本	jī běn	basic; fundamental
基地	jī dì	base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
基金	jī jīn	fund
基于 (基於)	jī yú	because of; on the basis of
基层 (基層)	jī céng	basic level; grassroots unit
根本	gēn běn	fundamental; basic
版本	bǎn běn	version; edition
方面	fāng miàn	respect; aspect

See also: Japanese symbol for “basics”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.